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HOLDER Filed Aug. 22, 1927 J9 WEI/$07125 Bye??? INVENTOR ATTORNEY Patented May 14, 1929.

UNITED STATES WILLIAM GBOVER BRYANT, OF MARION, NORTH CAROLINA.

HOLDER.

Application filed August 22, 1927. Serial No. 214,717.

The invention relates to a cigarette or cigar holder formed in separate pieces,

which when assembled are capable of concealing the cigar or cigarette.

The object of the invention is to form a holder capable of receiving a cigar or cigarette and concealing the same so that either a cigarette or cigar may be smoked without the lighted end being visible.

A further object ,is in providing a cap adapted to fit over the end of a v.holder having a series of holes to allow air to be drawn in or allow the unsmokedproducts of combustion to pass out, the cap also being formed with a socket so that the lighted end of the cigar or cigarette may be pushed forward and the fire extinguished without removing the same from the holder.

A still further object is in forming a holder in separate pieces, one of the pieces telescoping within the other so that the holder may be more easily carried in the pocket.

The invention is illustrated in the accompanying drawing, in which Figure 1 is a longitudinal sectional View of the holder and showingan inserted cigarette. 1

Figure 2 is a side elevation.

Figure 3 is a side elevation partly in section, showing the cigarette pushed forward into the cap to extinguish the fire.

Figure 4 is a side view of the holder partly' in section with the mouth piece telescoping to its receiver.

liigure 5 is a sectional of Figure 4?. V, I

"The holder has a tapered mouth piece 6 having a longitudinal bore 7 which tapers view on line 55 I atone end to form a receiving socket 8 for a cigarette 9. At the end opposite from the socket the mouth piece is flattened on the top and bottom as at 10 and provided with grips 11 for the teeth.

A tapered shell 12 having a tapered 1ongitudinal bore 13 receives the mouthpiece 6 and is adapted'tohouse the cigarette when the holder is in use: At the-large end the shell has a square edge 14 provided with a hole 15. while the small end has a rounded edge 16 which adds to the appearance of the holder.

I A cap 17 formed with a socket 18 fits the large end of the shell and lfully conceals the light of the cigarette or cigar. The cap has a projection 19 fitting into the large end of the shell 12 and is formed with a shoulder 20 which engages the square edge of the shell-and forms a stop for the cap. A.

pin 21 is carried in the shoulder and is adapted together with the tight fit of the projection on' the cap to retain the cap on the shell. The cap has a series of holes 22 formed on its periphery to allow air to enter or unsmoked products of combustion to pass out... i

The holder, as shown in Figure 4, is adapted to be carried in a pocket and on being withdrawn for use the mouth piece is pushed ;farther into the shell thereby forcingthe cap out the opposite end. The cigarette or cigar is then inserted and the mouth piece drawn back until it fits snugly against the inner surface of the shell, the cigarette or cigar being then lit and the end cap put on. The fire may be extinguished by merely pushing the mouth piece forward and jamming the lighted end into the socket formed in the cap thereby smothering the fire.

The invention is illustrated with a, cigarette, but it is understood that the same holder, made slightly larger, could apply to a clgar.

What is claimed is 11A holder comprising a'tapered mouth piece having a bore therethrough, a tapered "shell having" a tapered longitudinal bore adapted to receive the mouth piece, the

smaller diameter of the bore being less than the larger outer diameter of the mouth piece, a removable cap fitting on the larger end of the shell, said cap having a socket whereby the cigarette carried by the mouth piece may be pushed forward into the socket of the cap, the mouth piece traveling toward the larger end of the tapered shell, the fire at the endofi the cigarette being smothcred in the socket of the cap. .7

2. A holder of the character described comprising a taper stem having at its end a socket adapted to fit a cigarette or the like, a cooperating taper socket of a length to enclose the cigarette, and a detachable cap at the end of the socket having a plurality of draft holes between its. open end and its closed end, said cap having its internal wall to closely enclose the cigarette end and smother the fire. at the lighted -end.

vIirtestimony whereof I aflix'my signature.

WILLIAM oRovER BRYANT. 

